The Garden has also reported:--
The scented begonias bred at the Nursery last year and sown and grown on this year are truly delicious and
mighty aromatic. With our regular suppliers and past breeders and growers falling by the wayside, triggered last
year by the last one taking retirement from breeding at age 78, we took the initiative to breed our own supply.
Two seasons ago we had success with breeding some of our own red begonias. Our first attempt at breeding, cross-pollinating
two of our prize blooms, coincidentally happened to fall on civil union day